My family immigrated to Israel from Yemen in the winter of 1950 and came to the transit camp in Rosh HaAyin. My younger brother, Shaul Simhi, was about 10 months old. In the transit camp there was a nursery where the babies would sleep at night. One evening my late mother, Zahara Simhi, nursed Shaul like she did every night and took him to the nursery. When she came the next morning to get him, she was told that during the night Shaul had felt unwell and was brought to the hospital in Pardes Katz. My parents, Zahara and Shlomo, with the help of a relative, immediately drove to the hospital in Pardes Katz and there they were told that Shaul had not come to the hospital. For a long period they continued to search through every hospital, but in vain. My parents lodged a complaint with the police; after some time they were told that the file had disappeared. Over the years, the family household received notices in the name of Shaul Simhi regarding military enlistment and voting. In 1995, I was summoned to testify in the Kedmi Commission and I gave my testimony in the committee on November 20, 1995. Until the day she died, my mother, of blessed memory, did not stop speaking of her son Shaul and wishing for his discovery.
One evening my late mother, Zahara Simhi, nursed Shaul like she did every night and took him to the nursery. When she came the next morning to get him, she was told that during the night Shaul had felt unwell and was brought to the hospital in Pardes Katz.
My parents lodged a complaint with the police; after some time they were told that the file had disappeared.